Regenesis
- Regenesis is a secret project from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Regenesis Program was created by Shockwave with the intent of seeding many planets with Energon-derived ores so that, in the distant future, he could harvest them.
The ores include:
- Ore-1, from LV-117, which allows travel through time
- Ore-2, from Gorlam Prime, which is dubbed as "Death", which allows access to the Dead Universe and causes the erosion/dissolution of materials.
- Ore-6, from Arduria, which saps heat from its surroundings
- Ore-8, from Tsiehshi, which manifests as radioactive and explosive crystals
- Ore-13, from Earth, which boosts a Transformer's capabilities
- Ore-14, from Cybertron and planted prior to the actual Regenesis program, which can resurrect cities and Transformers
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Shockwave initiated the Regenesis program over 600,000 years ago, dispatching thirteen rockets, each loaded with a different ore, to thirteen different planets scattered throughout space. Rather than yield the energon that Shockwave was hoping for, however, each ore had markedly different effects on the worlds they found their way to, with perhaps none stranger than that the first ore had on the planet LV-117. The very matter of the planet was mutated to the point of chronal instability, unhinging the entire world from the flow of linear time. Fortunately, after mastering the technology of the missile, LV-117's natives were able to develop a means of controlling their planet's voyages through the timestream. Syndromica (2) The second ore had detrimential effects on Gorlam Prime, causing the planet to fall under a state of "death" and creating a portal to the malevolent Dead Universe. Homecoming
Shockwave would discover the different fruits of his labors as he proceeded to visit the worlds he had attempted to seed in order to observe and, if necessary, control the Regenesis process. Arriving on the planet Arduria 500,000 years ago, he found that the ore that landed there had created a catastrophic loss of planetary heat that had proven fatal to the natives, but he considered it a learning experience nonetheless. Syndromica (1)
Ten thousand years ago, Shockwave arrived on the thirteenth world, prehistoric Earth, where the "Ore-13" brought by his rocket had successfully reacted with the local geology to the extent that the planet threatened to become so rich in Energon that its environment could become lethal to Transformers. Shockwave created global dampers that he then injected into the planetary crust to regulate the reaction, allowing the ore to safely develop into Ultra-Energon in the present day. Spotlight: Shockwave
In the present day, Jhiaxus and Bludgeon began a quest to seek out the other worlds that had been touched by Shockwave through Regenesis. Learning of their intent after a battle on Arduria, Orion Pax, Hardhead, Wheelie and Garnak set out to stop them, pursuing them to their first objective on the LV-117. Syndromica (1) There, after a complicated journey through space and time, the Decepticons procured a control device from the natives that granted Jhiaxus power over the time-bending abilities of LV-117's soil. Syndromica (2)
